Virginia Code — 2.2
Browse 1,515 sections in division 2.2 of the Virginia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 2.2-100. Salaries of Governor and other officers; administrative assistants
- § 2.2-101. Clerical forces and office expenses of Governor
- § 2.2-102. Personal staff as commander in chief
- § 2.2-103. Authority to formulate executive branch policies; chief officer for personnel administration and planning and budget
- § 2.2-104. Delegation of powers
- § 2.2-105. Appointments to office; effect of refusal to confirm by the General Assembly
- § 2.2-106. Appointment of agency heads; disclosure of resumes; severance
- § 2.2-107. Appointment of members of commissions, boards, and other collegial bodies; disclosure of resumes
- § 2.2-108. Removal of members of certain boards, commissions, etc
- § 2.2-109. Requiring appearances by officers, etc., and production of records, etc.; issuance of subpoenas and other writs; employment of accountants
- § 2.2-109.01. Signed statements required from appointees
- § 2.2-110. Officers of Commonwealth and its institutions to make reports to Governor
- § 2.2-111. Suits, actions, etc., by Governor
- § 2.2-112. To whom return on warrant of Governor to be made
- § 2.2-113. Temporary suspension of state mandates
- § 2.2-114. Coordination of official communications with federal and foreign governments
- § 2.2-115. Commonwealth's Development Opportunity Fund
- § 2.2-115.1. COVID-19 Relief Fund
- § 2.2-116. Service on board of national tobacco trust entity
- § 2.2-117. Governor to administer anti-crime partnership program
- § 2.2-118. Repealed
- § 2.2-119. Governor to administer highway safety program and secure benefits to Commonwealth under federal Highway Safety Act of 1966
- § 2.2-120. Powers with respect to state-owned motor vehicles
- § 2.2-121. Approval of purchase of passenger-type automobile; transfer and valuation of surplus vehicles
- § 2.2-122. Commercial use of seals of the Commonwealth
- § 2.2-123. Authority over rooms and space in public buildings
- § 2.2-124. Regulation of athletic leaves of absence
- § 2.2-125. Governor authorized to accept certain property from Confederate Memorial Literary Society
- § 2.2-126. Disposition of official correspondence
- § 2.2-127. Purpose
- § 2.2-128. Definitions
- § 2.2-129. Reorganization plans
- § 2.2-130. Contents of reorganization plans
- § 2.2-131. Limitation on powers
- § 2.2-132. Approval by the General Assembly; effective date; publication
- § 2.2-133. Effect on other laws, pending legal proceedings, and unexpended appropriations
- § 2.2-134. Authority to create gubernatorial commissions
- § 2.2-135. Limitations and requirements
- § 2.2-136. Repealed
- § 2.2-200. Appointment of Governor's Secretaries; general powers; severance
- § 2.2-201. Secretaries; general; compensation
- § 2.2-202. Payment of expenses of office
- § 2.2-203. Position established; agencies for which responsible
- § 2.2-203.1. Secretary to establish telecommuting policy; duties
- § 2.2-203.2. Repealed
- § 2.2-203.2:1. Secretary to report state job elimination due to privatization
- § 2.2-203.2:2. Promotion of alternative dispute resolution procedures
- § 2.2-203.2:3. Policy of the Commonwealth regarding the employment of individuals with disabilities; responsibilities of state agencies; report
- § 2.2-203.2:4. Chief Data Officer; created; report
- § 2.2-203.2:5. Additional duties of the Secretary; technology programs
- § 2.2-203.3. Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional duties
- § 2.2-204. Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional duties
- § 2.2-205. Economic development policy for the Commonwealth
- § 2.2-205.1. Economic Crisis Strike Force
- § 2.2-205.2. Commonwealth Broadband Chief Advisor
- § 2.2-206. Urban issues; report; responsibilities of the Secretary
- § 2.2-206.1. Expired
- § 2.2-206.2. Repealed
- § 2.2-206.3. Additional duties of the Secretary; advancement of technology
- § 2.2-207. Annual legislative report
- § 2.2-208. Position established; agencies for which responsible; powers and duties
- § 2.2-208.1. Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education
- § 2.2-209. Repealed
- § 2.2-211. Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional powers
- § 2.2-212. Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional powers
- § 2.2-213. Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop certain criteria
- § 2.2-213.1. Secretary of Health and Human Resources and Commissioner of Insurance to develop long-term care public information campaign
- § 2.2-213.2. Secretary to coordinate system for children with incarcerated parents
- § 2.2-213.3. Secretary to coordinate electronic prescribing clearinghouse
- § 2.2-213.4. Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop blueprint for long-term services and supports
- § 2.2-213.5. Dissemination of information about specialized training to prevent and minimize mental health crisis
- § 2.2-214. Responsibility of certain agencies within the Secretariat; review of regulations
- § 2.2-214.1. Healthy Lives Prescription Fund; nonreverting; purposes; report
- § 2.2-214.2. Position established; agencies for which responsible
- § 2.2-214.3. Responsibilities of the Secretary
- § 2.2-215. Position established; agencies for which responsible
- § 2.2-216. Coordination of water quality information; monitoring the quality of the waters, habitat, and living resources of Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries
- § 2.2-217. Friend of the Bay Award
- § 2.2-218. Development of Watershed Implementation Plans to restore the water quality and living resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries
- § 2.2-219. Repealed
- § 2.2-220. Repealed
- § 2.2-220.1. Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement; annual report
- § 2.2-220.2. Invasive species management plan for strategic actions by state agencies and related advisory group; strategic actions by state agencies to prioritize the use of native plant species
- § 2.2-220.3. Development of strategies to collect land use and conservation information
- § 2.2-220.4. National Flood Insurance Program; annual report
- § 2.2-220.5. Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth; Interagency Resilience Management Team
- § 2.2-220.6. Wetlands policy task force; report
- § 2.2-221. Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional powers and duties
- § 2.2-221.1. Secretary to coordinate system for offender transition and reentry services
- § 2.2-222. Secretary to provide annual reports on juvenile offenders
- § 2.2-222.1. Secretary to oversee and monitor the development, maintenance, and implementation of a comprehensive and measurable homeland security strategy for the Commonwealth
- § 2.2-222.2. Additional duties related to review of statewide interoperability strategic plan; state and local compliance
- § 2.2-222.3. Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel; membership; duties; compensation; staff
- § 2.2-222.4. Repealed
- § 2.2-223. Repealed
- § 2.2-224. Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to publish certain list
- § 2.2-224.1. Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish information exchange program
- § 2.2-225. Repealed
- § 2.2-226. Repealed
- § 2.2-228. Position established; agencies for which responsible
- § 2.2-229. Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation
- § 2.2-230. Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional duties
- § 2.2-231. Powers and duties of the Secretary
- § 2.2-232. Repealed
- § 2.2-233.1. Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund
- § 2.2-234. Definitions
- § 2.2-235. Policy regarding environmental justice
- § 2.2-300. Assistant to the Governor for Intergovernmental Affairs; position created; appointment
- § 2.2-301. Duties of the Assistant to the Governor; staff; office location
- § 2.2-302. Responsibilities
- § 2.2-302.1. Support for enactment of pooled purchasing of health insurance efforts
- § 2.2-303. Cooperation with Department of Planning and Budget; supplemental assistance
- § 2.2-304. Repealed
- § 2.2-307. Definitions
- § 2.2-308. Office created; appointment of State Inspector General
- § 2.2-309. Powers and duties of State Inspector General
- § 2.2-309.1. Additional powers and duties; behavioral health and developmental services
- § 2.2-309.2. Additional powers and duties; Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission
- § 2.2-309.3. Additional powers and duties; adult corrections
- § 2.2-309.4. Additional powers and duties; juvenile justice
- § 2.2-310. Cooperation of state agencies and officers
- § 2.2-310.1. Investigations; prohibition on interference or exertion of undue influence by Governor, etc
- § 2.2-311. Enforcement of laws by the State Inspector General or investigators; police power of the Office of State Inspector General; training
- § 2.2-312. Subpoenas
- § 2.2-313. Reports
- § 2.2-314. Repealed
- § 2.2-317. Repealed
- § 2.2-319. Repealed
- § 2.2-321. Repealed
- § 2.2-322. Repealed
- § 2.2-400. Appointment and term of office; filling vacancies; oath
- § 2.2-401. Ex officio Secretary to Governor; in charge of division of records
- § 2.2-401.01. Liaison to Virginia Indian tribes; Ombudsman for Tribal Consultation; Virginia Indigenous People's Trust Fund
- § 2.2-401.1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail
- § 2.2-402. Keeper of seals of Commonwealth; duties generally
- § 2.2-403. Compilation of compacts and related records and reports
- § 2.2-404. Certifying records for use in other states
- § 2.2-405. Secretary of Commonwealth to present list of vacancies to arise on commissions, boards, etc
- § 2.2-406. Secretary of Commonwealth to report list of interim appointments requiring confirmation; other appointments
- § 2.2-406.1. Secretary of Commonwealth to maintain and transfer records on collegial bodies to the Governor-elect
- § 2.2-407. Reserved
- § 2.2-408. Collection of information relevant to boundary changes from governmental subdivisions of Commonwealth
- § 2.2-409. Secretary of the Commonwealth
- § 2.2-410. Appointment of assistants; deputy to act in absence of Secretary; notice to Governor
- § 2.2-411. Registration of names or insignia of certain societies, organizations or associations; alteration or cancellation of name
- § 2.2-412. Application for such registration, alteration or cancellation
- § 2.2-413. Registration for benefit of associated branches, etc
- § 2.2-414. Record of registration; certification of registration; fees
- § 2.2-415. Names or insignia not to be imitative
- § 2.2-416. Registration of mottoes or slogans of state departments; exemptions
- § 2.2-417. Use of registered motto or slogan or recognizable variation thereof; penalty for violation
- § 2.2-418. Statement of intent and purposes
- § 2.2-419. Definitions
- § 2.2-420. Exemptions
- § 2.2-421. Reporting requirements for certain state agencies
- § 2.2-422. Registration requirements
- § 2.2-423. Contents of registration statement
- § 2.2-424. Registration fees
- § 2.2-425. Registration information to be recorded in legislative docket; list of executive officials
- § 2.2-426. Lobbyist reporting; penalty
- § 2.2-427. Filings; inspection
- § 2.2-428. Standards for automated preparation and transmittal of lobbyist's disclosure statements; database
- § 2.2-429. Retention of records by a lobbyist or lobbyist's principal
- § 2.2-430. Termination
- § 2.2-431. Penalties; filing of substituted statement
- § 2.2-432. Contingent compensation prohibited
- § 2.2-433. Prohibited acts; violation a misdemeanor
- § 2.2-434. Employment of lobbyists prohibited; exceptions
- § 2.2-435. Prohibition for state party chairman
- § 2.2-435.1. Repealed
- § 2.2-435.6. Chief Workforce Development Officer
- § 2.2-435.7. Repealed
- § 2.2-435.8. Repealed
- § 2.2-435.9. Annual report by publicly funded career and technical education and workforce development programs; performance on state-level metrics
- § 2.2-435.10. Administration of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; executive summaries
- § 2.2-435.11. Repealed
- § 2.2-435.12. Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; duties
- § 2.2-436. Approval of electronic identity standards
- § 2.2-437. Identity Management Standards Advisory Council
- § 2.2-438. Definitions
- § 2.2-439. Children's Ombudsman; establishment; appointment; removal
- § 2.2-440. Procedures; training; notification of safety concerns.
- § 2.2-441. Individuals making complaint to Children's Ombudsman
- § 2.2-442. Children's Ombudsman; powers and duties
- § 2.2-443. Abused or neglected children; children receiving child-protective services, in foster care, or placed for adoption; powers of Children's Ombudsman; child fatality cases; investigation
- § 2.2-444. Decision to investigate; notice; pursuing administrative remedies or channels of complaint; further investigation; violation of state or federal criminal law; complaint against child-placing agency; petition requesting court jurisdiction or termination of parental rights
- § 2.2-445. Department and child-placing agency; duties; information to be provided to biological parent, adoptive parent, or foster parent; access to departmental computer networks
- § 2.2-446. Confidentiality of record of Children's Ombudsman; disclosure; limitations; release of certain information
- § 2.2-447. Report of findings; recommendations; consultation with individual, Department, local department, children's residential facility, or child-placing agency; publication of adverse report; notice of actions; information provided to complainant; child fatality investigation; report
- § 2.2-448. Penalty for filing complaint or cooperating in investigation prohibited
- § 2.2-449. Repealed
- § 2.2-500. Attorney General to be chief executive officer; duties generally
- § 2.2-501. Assistant and deputy Attorneys General
- § 2.2-502. Support staff
- § 2.2-503. Office space
- § 2.2-504. Contingent and traveling expenses
- § 2.2-505. Official opinions of Attorney General
- § 2.2-506. Legal services to attorneys for the Commonwealth in certain proceedings; costs
- § 2.2-507. Legal service in civil matters
- § 2.2-507.1. Authority of Attorney General regarding charitable assets
- § 2.2-507.2. Youth Internet Safety Fund established
- § 2.2-507.3. Cooperation with the Opioid Abatement Authority
- § 2.2-508. Legal service in certain redistricting proceedings
- § 2.2-509. Representation in administrative proceedings
- § 2.2-509.1. Powers of investigators; enforcement of certain tobacco laws
- § 2.2-510. Employment of special counsel generally
- § 2.2-510.1. Open negotiation for employment of special counsel
- § 2.2-510.2. Employment of outside counsel where a conflict of interests exists
- § 2.2-511. Criminal cases
- § 2.2-511.1. Public integrity; law-enforcement misconduct
- § 2.2-511.2. Organized Retail Crime Fund; report
- § 2.2-512. Employment of special counsel to prosecute persons illegally practicing law
- § 2.2-513. Counsel for Commonwealth in federal matters
- § 2.2-514. Compromise and settlement of disputes
- § 2.2-515. Service on board of national tobacco trust entity
- § 2.2-515.1. Statewide Facilitator for Victims of Domestic Violence
- § 2.2-515.2. Address confidentiality program established; victims of domestic violence, stalking, child abduction, sexual violence, or human trafficking; application; disclosure of records
- § 2.2-516. Annual report
- § 2.2-517. Division of Consumer Counsel created; duties
- § 2.2-518. Division of Debt Collection
- § 2.2-519. Prompt collection of accounts receivable
- § 2.2-520. Office of Civil Rights created; duties
- § 2.2-521. Procedure for issuance of subpoena duces tecum
- § 2.2-522. Filing with the Office deemed filing with other state agencies
- § 2.2-523. Confidentiality of information; penalty
- § 2.2-524. Powers of local commissions
- § 2.2-600. Standard nomenclature to be employed
- § 2.2-601. General powers of the departments established in this title
- § 2.2-601.1. Certified mail; subsequent, identical mail or notices may be sent by regular mail
- § 2.2-602. Duties of agencies and their appointing authorities; establishment of personnel standards; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans
- § 2.2-603. Authority of agency directors
- § 2.2-604. Performance of duties assigned to an agency
- § 2.2-604.1. Designation of officials; interests of senior citizens and adults with disabilities
- § 2.2-604.2. Designation of officials; energy manager
- § 2.2-605. Appointment of acting officer in case of temporary disability
- § 2.2-606. Consideration of certain issues in policy development
- § 2.2-607. Reporting transfers of personnel; granting reports
- § 2.2-608. Furnishing reports; Governor authorized to require reports
- § 2.2-608.1. State publications to be made available electronically
- § 2.2-609. Copies of state publications furnished to Librarian of Virginia
- § 2.2-610. Furnishing copies of documents at no cost to law-enforcement officials
- § 2.2-611. Acceptance by departments, etc., of funds from United States; application of funds
- § 2.2-612. Notification to localities of reduction or discontinuation of service
- § 2.2-613. Repealed
- § 2.2-614. Purebred livestock raised by state institutions and agencies may be sold instead of slaughtered
- § 2.2-614.1. Authority to accept revenue by commercially acceptable means; service charge; bad check charge
- § 2.2-614.2. Participation in the REAL ID Act of 2005
- § 2.2-614.2:1. Assisting U.S. armed forces in detention of citizen
- § 2.2-614.3. Charitable organization; certain government action prohibited
- § 2.2-614.4. Commercial activities list; publication of notice; opportunity to comment
- § 2.2-614.5. Electric vehicle charging stations
- § 2.2-615. Short title
- § 2.2-616. Legislative declaration
- § 2.2-617. Definitions
- § 2.2-618. State programs to implement federal statutes
- § 2.2-619. Governor to report to the General Assembly
- § 2.2-620. Establishment of the Capitol District as the seat of government of the Commonwealth
- § 2.2-621. Grants by the Commonwealth; certification of employment
- § 2.2-700. Repealed
- § 2.2-800. Department of Accounts created; appointment of Comptroller; oath
- § 2.2-801. Comptroller to appoint administrative assistants, etc
- § 2.2-802. General accounting and clearance through Comptroller
- § 2.2-803. Financial accounting and control
- § 2.2-803.1. Processing of payroll and other transactions by certain institutions of higher education
- § 2.2-804. Recovery of certain improper payments to state officers and employees
- § 2.2-805. Fiscal year
- § 2.2-806. Reports and payments by city and county treasurers, and clerks of court; deposits of state income tax payments
- § 2.2-807. Monthly reports of state departments, divisions, etc., receiving public funds
- § 2.2-808. Collection of delinquent taxes
- § 2.2-809. When accounts on Comptroller's books to be balanced; general ledger of accounts
- § 2.2-810. Judges and clerks to certify to Supreme Court lists of all allowances made by courts
- § 2.2-811. Cancellation of state bonds received in settlement of claims
- § 2.2-812. What Comptroller may do with old books and papers
- § 2.2-813. Annual report of Comptroller to Governor
- § 2.2-813.1. Biannual disclosure by Comptroller of revenue sources collected
- § 2.2-813.2. Biannual disclosure by Comptroller of other obligations of the Commonwealth
- § 2.2-814. To whom claims presented; Comptroller to furnish forms
- § 2.2-815. Claims to be examined and forwarded to Comptroller; what Comptroller may allow
- § 2.2-816. When Comptroller may refer claim to Governor
- § 2.2-900. Repealed
- § 2.2-904.2. Repealed
- § 2.2-905. Repealed
- § 2.2-1000. Repealed
- § 2.2-1100. Creation of Department; appointment of Director; duties
- § 2.2-1101. Creation of internal service fund accounts
- § 2.2-1102. Additional powers of Department
- § 2.2-1103. Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services
- § 2.2-1104. Laboratory, testing, and analytical functions
- § 2.2-1105. Environmental laboratory certification program
- § 2.2-1106. Consolidation of other laboratories
- § 2.2-1107. Disposal of certain hazardous materials
- § 2.2-1108. Disposal of certain other property
- § 2.2-1109. Division of Purchases and Supply established
- § 2.2-1110. Using agencies to purchase through Division of Purchases and Supply; exception
- § 2.2-1111. Purchases to be made in accordance with the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.) and regulations of Division; exempt purchases
- § 2.2-1112. Standardization of materials, equipment and supplies
- § 2.2-1113. Printing management coordination; uniform standards for state forms
- § 2.2-1114. Regulations as to estimates and requisitions; submission of estimates
- § 2.2-1115. Execution of contracts; payment for purchases; violations
- § 2.2-1115.1. Standard vendor accounting information